The bottle may look genuine, the label may carry the name of a premium brand, and the expiry date may suggest the contents are safe. Yet beneath carefully recreated packaging could be a beverage whose origin, ingredients and safety no ordinary consumer can establish.
Read more: Health officials warn counterfeit alcohol can have deadly consequences.
The restrictions were announced in a letter dated 9 October from Rospotrebnadzor, Russia's consumer rights and public health watchdog.
Read about Russia's temporary restrictions on imports from Georgian beverage companies
Australian winemaker Treasury Wine Estates said on Monday it had divested the Rosemount, Ingoldby and Secret Stone brands to A.G. Oatley Wines for an undisclosed sum.
Rosemount wine brand returns to Oatley family ownership following sale by Treasury Wine Estates
As a result of Trump's latest import ban against several kinds of Canadian goods, Americans coming back from the Great White North may have to give up some items they purchased there.
On Monday, European institutions moved forward with updated language on alcohol policy that puts the main emphasis on harmful and compulsive drinking rather than adopting the formula that no level of consumption is safe.
Read the report’s findings and comments from Italy’s wine industry.
Canada's aluminum fabricators say their sales to the US will get wiped out as the Trump administration's latest tariff measures make their products uncompetitive south of the border.
Aluminum products are among the items the US included for 50% levies imposed on Tuesday as part of its escalating dispute with Canada following last month's breakdown in trade talks.
Read more about the impact of the tariffs are having on aluminum firms
The Independent tastes best supermarket champagne: French authorities have granted a one-off exemption allowing the alcohol content of champagne to reach up to 15 per cent following record summer heatwaves.
Read more about how climate change is affecting champagne production in France
A pint of beer purchased in a pub here carries an excise duty of ?0.55 compared to just ?0.05 in Spain and Germany
Irish consumers pay the second highest excise duty on alcohol in Europe, according to new research.
Read about Ireland, the second-highest alcohol excise taxes in Europe
Germany's federal government has agreed to end the practice of "supervised drinking," which currently allows 14 and 15-year-olds to drink wine and beer while being overseen by a responsible adult.
Read more on why Germany is banning alcohol for 14 and 15 year olds
Analysis: The price of a pint of plain in Irish pubs has increased at a much higher rate than headline inflation over the past three years.
